Most families in Japan do laundry every single day. Most families in America do NOT do laundry every day. See how this could be a potentially awkward cultural difference? Ryosuke’s mom wakes up early every morning to do laundry and cook breakfast. By the time the rest of the house is awake (like 7am), laundry has been washed and is hanging outside. Also, breakfast is on the table. In my family, laundry was done once or twice a week, by whoever had extra time (or needed something washed). I think my mom and dad took turns. Then, once there were baskets of clean laundry, we would sit down in the living room and watch a TV show together, while folding laundry. Also, we usually just made our own cereal in the morning – since both my parents worked full-time and I had absolutely no problem making my own breakfast (which usually ended up being cereal). (Since drawing this comic, we went ahead and bought Ryosuke another couple work-shirts for the summer. Now he has 4, so I only have to do laundry every other day. Yay for progress) Just another one of our cultural differences, I guess. What about other [...]
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